Lars, Grant County has a very good historical society and museum in Elbow Lake that I have visited, including extensive newspaper collections. They do charge a small fee for research but given that you know the names and dates to work from, this might perhaps be a way to get the information you need, if nobody finds it elsewhere. Their contact information can be found here: http://grant.mngenweb.net/hist.html Lykke til, Greg Holter From: Lars E. Oyane <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 2:56 PM Subject: [NOR] Fwd: Helvig Fredrikke Monson, born 1842 - lived 1905 in Elk Lake, Grant Co, MN - what happened to her? Dear Listers! I decided to try this challenge also 0n the Norwegian Digital Archives Site, and someone there located Helvig Monson’s remarriage in Grant Co., MN on Oct. 16, 1908 to an old widower from Wisconsin named Ole Kittleson, born in Hjartdal Co., Norway May 29, 1829, emigrated 1847. They lived together at Elbow Lake, Grant Co., MN where: ** Ole Kittleson died Sep. 2, 1912 and ** Helvig Kittleson died Feb. 2, 1917. Now I am of course very interested in OBITUARIES for the two of them, which I hope that someone can help me find? Thanks again a million for your great assistance tracing these «elusive» emigrant families! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Lars E. Oyane" <[email protected]> > Date: May 7, 2017 at 12:43:56 PM EST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [NOR] Helvig Fredrikke Monson, born 1842 - lived 1905 in Elk Lake, Grant Co, MN - what happened to her? > > Dear Listers! > > This lady is giving me a hard time: > > Helvig Fredrikke Eriksdotter Natvig, born in Aardal Co., Norway Sep. 17, 1842, emigrated in 1863 to Columbia Co., WI where on July 25, 1863 she married Hans Monson, born in Laerdal Co., Norway Aug. 10, 1823. > > After several years of residing in Bristol township, Dane Co., WI the couple moved in the early 1870's to a farm in Clayton township, Mower Co., MN, but about 1883 they moved to North Ottawa township, Grant Co., MN where Hans died Jan. 6, 1894. > > On several occasions Helvig is called Helen Monson, but > > ** the 1900 census has her in North Ottawa township, Grant Co., MN as Helvig HANSON aged 60 residing as a widow with the Kirkeide family, and > > ** the 1905 census has her in Elk Lake township, Grant Co., MN as Helvig MENSON (ancestry’s interpretation!) aged 66 residing with Ole Torstenson family > > That’s the very last I see of her. I cannot see that her death is recorded in Grant Co., MN og anywhere else in MN, so what became of her? > > Any suggestions would be more than welcome! > > Thanks a million in advance for your great assistance in this matter! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane > >
Dear Greg and other listers! Thank you very much, Greg, for your latest message and for telling me about the great resources at Elbow Lake, MN. I visited that place many years ago, and I do recall they were quite helpful as I was looking for some other families in the area… So, gif no-one can find these obituaries in other sources, I know where to go… By the way, the death dates of the two persons appear to be off. There is a discrepancy between the tombstones and the death records, so let me give you the correct death dates: ** Ole Kittleson died at Elbow Lake, MN Sep. 2, 1911 ** Helvig Kittleson died at Elbow Lake, MN Feb. 3, 1917 Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On May 7, 2017, at 5:10 PM, Gregory Holter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lars, > > Grant County has a very good historical society and museum in Elbow Lake that I have visited, including extensive newspaper collections. They do charge a small fee for research but given that you know the names and dates to work from, this might perhaps be a way to get the information you need, if nobody finds it elsewhere. Their contact information can be found here: > > http://grant.mngenweb.net/hist.html > > > Lykke til, Greg Holter > > From: Lars E. Oyane <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2017 2:56 PM > Subject: [NOR] Fwd: Helvig Fredrikke Monson, born 1842 - lived 1905 in Elk Lake, Grant Co, MN - what happened to her? > > Dear Listers! > > I decided to try this challenge also 0n the Norwegian Digital Archives Site, and someone there located Helvig Monson’s remarriage in Grant Co., MN on Oct. 16, 1908 to an old widower from Wisconsin named Ole Kittleson, born in Hjartdal Co., Norway May 29, 1829, emigrated 1847. They lived together at Elbow Lake, Grant Co., MN where: > > ** Ole Kittleson died Sep. 2, 1912 and > > ** Helvig Kittleson died Feb. 2, 1917. > > Now I am of course very interested in OBITUARIES for the two of them, which I hope that someone can help me find? > > Thanks again a million for your great assistance tracing these «elusive» emigrant families! > > Very sincerely yours, > > Lars E. Oyane >